Text 39] Maharaja Pariksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy 971

TEXT 38
TSA TS TS WAST |
frat deg qratat gmaNs Be Z NRC

tato’bhyetyasramam balo
gale-sarpa-kalevaram

pitaram viksya duhkharto
mukta-kantho ruroda ha

tatah— thereafter; abhyet ya—after entering into; @sramam-— the hermitage;
balah—boy; gale-sarpa—the snake on the shoulder; kalevaram—body;
pitaram—unto the father; viksya—having seen; duhkhartah—in a sorry
plight; mukta-kanthah—loudly; ruroda—cried; ha—in the past.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, when the boy returned to the hermitage, he saw a snake on
his father’s shoulder, and out of his grief he cried very loudly.

PURPORT

The boy was not happy because he committed a great mistake, and he
wanted to be relieved of the burden on his heart by crying. So after enter-
ing the hermitage and seeing his father in that condition, he cried loudly
so that he might be relieved. But it was too late. The father regretted the
whole incidence.

TEXT 39

Ta MSA AA YAN TaerTay |
GUT Tabi a CHT AY TATTZ N33

sa va angiraso brahman
Srutva suta-vilapanam

unmilya Sanakair netre
drstva camse mrtoragam

sah—he; vai—also; angirasah—the rsi born in the family of Angira;
brahman—O Saunaka; srutvéa—on hearing; suta—his son; vilapanam—crying
